Multiple Award Schedules Program
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U.S. federal government contracting vehicle
governmentwide acquisition program
indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract program
The Multiple Award Schedules Program is a U.S. federal government contracting vehicle that provides pre-negotiated, long-term governmentwide contracts for commercial products and services to streamline procurement.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Multiple Award Schedules Program canonical | 2 |
| GSA Schedules (Multiple Award Schedules) | 1 |
| IT Schedule 70 (historical designation) | 1 |
| Multiple Award Schedule | 1 |
| Multiple Award Schedule Program | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T512005 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Multiple Award Schedules Program Context triple: [U.S. General Services Administration, hasPart, Multiple Award Schedules Program]
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A.
High Priority Grant Program
The High Priority Grant Program is a federal funding initiative that supports projects to improve commercial motor vehicle safety, enforcement, and technology across the United States.
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B.
HUBZone Program
The HUBZone Program is a federal initiative that helps small businesses in historically underutilized business zones gain preferential access to government contracting opportunities to stimulate economic development in those areas.
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C.
New Markets Tax Credit Program
The New Markets Tax Credit Program is a U.S. federal initiative that incentivizes private investment in low-income communities by offering tax credits to investors in qualified community development projects.
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D.
Homeland Security Grant Program
The Homeland Security Grant Program is a federal funding initiative that supports state, local, tribal, and territorial efforts to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism and other threats.
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E.
Independent Task Force Program
The Independent Task Force Program is a Council on Foreign Relations initiative that convenes diverse experts to produce consensus-based policy reports on major foreign policy challenges facing the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Multiple Award Schedules Program Target entity description: The Multiple Award Schedules Program is a U.S. federal government contracting vehicle that provides pre-negotiated, long-term governmentwide contracts for commercial products and services to streamline procurement.
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A.
High Priority Grant Program
The High Priority Grant Program is a federal funding initiative that supports projects to improve commercial motor vehicle safety, enforcement, and technology across the United States.
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B.
HUBZone Program
The HUBZone Program is a federal initiative that helps small businesses in historically underutilized business zones gain preferential access to government contracting opportunities to stimulate economic development in those areas.
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C.
New Markets Tax Credit Program
The New Markets Tax Credit Program is a U.S. federal initiative that incentivizes private investment in low-income communities by offering tax credits to investors in qualified community development projects.
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D.
Homeland Security Grant Program
The Homeland Security Grant Program is a federal funding initiative that supports state, local, tribal, and territorial efforts to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism and other threats.
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E.
Independent Task Force Program
The Independent Task Force Program is a Council on Foreign Relations initiative that convenes diverse experts to produce consensus-based policy reports on major foreign policy challenges facing the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. federal government contracting vehicle
ⓘ
governmentwide acquisition program ⓘ indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract program ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Federal Acquisition Service
ⓘ
surface form:
GSA Federal Acquisition Service
U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Federal Supply Schedules Program
ⓘ
GSA Schedules Program ⓘ MAS Program ⓘ Multiple Award Schedules Program ⓘ
surface form:
Multiple Award Schedule
|
| benefits |
pre-vetted contractors for government buyers
ⓘ
reduced administrative burden for agencies and vendors ⓘ streamlined competition procedures ⓘ volume-based discounts for government buyers ⓘ |
| category | public procurement program ⓘ |
| contractType |
indefinite delivery contracts
ⓘ
indefinite quantity contracts ⓘ multiple-award schedule contracts ⓘ |
| duration | long-term contracts with option periods ⓘ |
| enables | faster award of orders compared to open-market procurement ⓘ |
| evaluationCriteria |
pricing and discount structures
ⓘ
responsibility and past performance of offerors ⓘ |
| includes |
GSA Schedules Program
ⓘ
surface form:
GSA Schedule contracts
category-specific schedules for products and services ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| legalBasis |
Federal Acquisition Regulation
ⓘ
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 ⓘ GSA Acquisition Regulation ⓘ |
| managedBy | GSA contracting officers ⓘ |
| offers |
commercial products
ⓘ
commercial services ⓘ long-term governmentwide contracts ⓘ pre-negotiated pricing for commercial items ⓘ |
| pricingBasis | commercial pricing with negotiated discounts ⓘ |
| procurementMethod | task orders and delivery orders ⓘ |
| purpose |
to provide pre-negotiated contracts for federal agencies
ⓘ
to reduce procurement lead time and administrative costs ⓘ to streamline federal procurement of commercial products and services ⓘ |
| regulates | terms and conditions for schedule contractors ⓘ |
| requires | compliance with applicable federal procurement regulations ⓘ |
| scope | governmentwide ⓘ |
| supports |
acquisition of IT products and services
ⓘ
acquisition of facilities and industrial products ⓘ acquisition of office supplies and equipment ⓘ acquisition of professional services ⓘ |
| usedBy |
U.S. Department of Defense components
ⓘ
U.S. federal agencies ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. federal civilian agencies
authorized government contractors ⓘ state and local governments under certain authorities ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Multiple Award Schedules Program Description of subject: The Multiple Award Schedules Program is a U.S. federal government contracting vehicle that provides pre-negotiated, long-term governmentwide contracts for commercial products and services to streamline procurement.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Multiple Award Schedule
this entity surface form:
GSA Schedules (Multiple Award Schedules)
this entity surface form:
Multiple Award Schedule Program
this entity surface form:
IT Schedule 70 (historical designation)